My last sem ever… hopefully!

Yesterday was my last first-day-of-school! Am I excited? Yea~h! I’m so sick and tired of going to school, I can’t wait to get out of here already! Of course, work is an entirely different matter. I don’t even have any clue what I want to do after graduation. I’m worried, yeah, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t enjoy my last semester at the Ateneo, right?

Anyway, it’s been a while since I talked about the classes that I’m taking so I think I’ll do it this sem, since it’s the last one already and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t want to blog about work because that’s just lame.

I’m living my life like a sophomore, seeing as I have only 1 major subject and a whole bunch of core subjects. But then again, my 1 major subject is supposed to be really heavy, and my core subjects include Theo and Philo, and a number of equally imposing subjects like History, PolSci, and Economics. Hurray.

I’m not putting down the names of any profs because I’m still taking these classes and what if they find out what I think of them, especially if it’s not that positive? Ah. I can’t take that risk. So! Here we go!

1. LS127 - Another sem of Season Berry! In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, Season Berry is our product for the yearlong business plan and implementation that we have to do for LS126 and LS127. It’s a fruit drink that contains ginkgo biloba extract that can help enhance your memory. We haven’t started selling yet, but when we do, make sure to buy from us, okay? In fact, support us right now by liking our Facebook page! :-o Anyway, I got a not-so-okay grade in LS126 last sem, so this sem, I’m going to work super duper triple times harder! I promise!!!! Because I kind of have no choice. Haaaa. Mantra for LS127: WORK WORK WORK!!!
2. HI166 -  So far, my History class seems really… tame. I don’t know what to expect yet but of course it can’t compare to my History class last sem where my prof was this super hyperactive storyteller and the class felt more like watching a sitcom than an actual class. But then, even though I felt like I learned SO MUCH I only got a B in that class. Story of my life. I’m hoping this doesn’t happen again this sem, so I’m going to always READ ALL READINGS and not slack off like I… sort of… did last sem. Yes, that’s right. Mantra for HI166: READ READ READ!!!
3. EC111 - My favorite subject this sem… not. This subject is called “something something Microeconomics”.  So… is it a bad sign if you’ve already forgotten the course title one day after taking it? :( Anyway, the point of the subject is, it’s about economics. And it will need some knowledge of calculus. Knowledge that I have thrown away, oh, around 2 years ago. Oh wait, make that THREE YEARS SINCE MY LAST CALCULUS CLASS. I am so dead. My prof, apparently, is some Eco dept. legend who makes insanely difficult long exams. I am so so so dead. Plus, I only got a stupid B in my last calculus class… but again. I admit that at that time, I totally slacked off. I did not study enough and I didn’t answer all the sample problems at the back of each chapter like our prof told us to. SO!!!! Mantra for EC111: PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!!!
4. TH141 - This is “Theology something something Catholic Social Vision”. I really don’t remember. All I remember is JSP174, which I will describe in more detail later. Anyway. TH141. I got this prof who is another legend, and who is apparently BETTER THAN DACANAY (who is also a legend). Now, if that is not convincing enough, I don’t know what is. Because I took Dacanay and he was really really good. And now this person…. who is not even a Jesuit… is better than him??? WHAT??? But apparently he also has high expectations of his students. Of this student who got a C+ from Dacanay. Remember what I said back in EC111? I am so so so so dead. Mantra for TH141: PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!
5. POS100 - What is this political science!!! Why do I have to take it!!! I hate politics. Well, no. But I don’t know anything about it and I don’t really care about it so WHY DO I HAVE TO TAKE IT. (Because it is required and if you don’t take it, you can’t graduate.) I KNOW!!! ARGHHHHH!!! … Ahem. Sorry. I just… really don’t see the point of this subject. Granted, it’s not my projected worse subject of this sem, and the prof seems nice, and I’m classmates with my neighbor Gilbert (which was a huge surprise!!!), and well. It seems manageable naman. But seriously. WHY AM I TAKING POLITICAL SCIENCE!!! Mantra for POS100: RECITE RECITE RECITE!!! (Because we have graded recitations, augh.)
6. JSP174 - Yes. I am so so so looking forward to this course. As I mentioned earlier, this is the only subject which course title I remember, because it is JAPANESE FOOD CULTURE. Say it with me: JAPANESE FOOD CULTURE. Where we talk about the three things I love the most: JAPAN, FOOD, and CULTURE. Plus the prof is my prof before in Japanese Language and I would like to mention that I got an A (!!!) in that subject. It’s a huge class though, around 40 of us, and most of which I know to be good students, so I guess I’ve got some competition for that A I’m eyeing, huh? Hah hah hah… (in case you don’t recognize that laugh, it is my friend Nervous Laughter.) The only way I’m gonna get that A is if I perfect everything and that means… Mantra for JSP174: PERFECT PERFECT PERFECT!!! (Oops, not a verb. Well actually it is, so whatever.) (Oh wait, my prof is my Facebook friend AAAAAAAH she might see this!!!! DX)
7. PH104 - The one subject I’ve never really been good at: Philosophy. After taking three of these, I don’t think I’ve gotten the hang of it yet. I really have no idea what to expect from this prof because all Philo profs are different. They have different expectations from students and different requirements so all the past Philo subjects I took won’t help me now. If there’s something I learned from my old profs though, it’s that I should always, ALWAYS study. Even for quizzes, for midterms, for finals. On a positive note, at least it’s in English! Mantra for PH104: STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

And so that ends the preview of Charmie’s semester. Remember the last post where I said that I’m gonna work extra hard this sem to get the ideal grade that I want? (It’s number 28.) And I quote: ”I can’t really afford to get bad grades on my final sem EVER, so I am erasing the word procrastination from my brain, and I’m going to do nothing but study.”

That’s right. It’s goodbye, procrastinating me, and helloooo, studying me. Yeah. Procrastination? Huh? What does that even mean?

What? You’re asking why, if I really am quitting procratinating, I’m here blogging and not reading my Histo readings for tomorrow nor sleeping so that I can wake up early for my class tomorrow morning?

Whoops! This discipline thing is pretty tough, huh? Gotta go! See you all next time~